Carol Burnett's Net Worth In 2024 Proves There's Nothing Funny About Her Money
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Carol Burnett's net worth in 2024 is the result of a literal lifetime of work making the world laugh—and she doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.
The comedy legend told Parade that as long as she's physically able, she wants to keep slaying on screen.
"I'm happy to be working and that I've got all my parts," she said. "I have my hips and my knees—and I think my brain—so as long as I can keep that up and work, then I want to work."
Burnett, who stars in Palm Royale, added she is crossing her fingers for a Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy, telling Parade, "I hope there's a second season, you know, then that'll keep me working, which I like."
Get to know how Carol Burnett became famous, Carol Burnett's net worth and what she's been up to lately.
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How did Carol Burnett get her start?
Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas, and after her parents divorced, moved to Hollywood, where they both relocated. Burnett lived in a boarding house with her grandmother and sister in a low-income neighborhood near her mother's home.
Burnett was an imaginative child, often entertaining friends and classmates with characters and voices she developed, and played music with her grandmother, sister and mom at home.
In 1951, Burnett graduated from Hollywood High School and received an anonymous gift of $50 to pay for her first year of college at UCLA, where she initially intended to study journalism. (Yep, $50 for a full year of college. How are your student loans going?)
After she began college, she switched her major to English and theater arts, but never actually wanted to act at that time, preferring to write plays instead, she previously told The Toronto Star. That changed the first time she got onstage and got a laugh—she was hooked.
Burnett told PEOPLE that during her class' final performance in her junior year in 1954, an anonymous man offered Burnett and her then-boyfriend $1,000 in an interest-free loan to go to New York to pursue acting. The man's conditions were that she repay him within five years, never reveal his name and pay it forward later to someone else in need.
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Burnett moved to New York in 1955, working odd jobs while pursuing stardom. She landed bit parts and guest roles in children's programs and on the Buddy Hackett sitcom Stanley in 1956. After the show was canceled in 1957, Burnett performed cabaret and nightclub shows, eventually landing spots on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show.
Her first taste of success came in stage acting, winning a Tony Award in 1959 for Once Upon A Mattress, based on the classic fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. She'd later reprise the role for a televised special of the production.
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That year, she also got a seriously amazing mentor: Lucille Ball, who took Burnett under her wing and showed her the ropes of the industry in both the creative and business arenas. Burnett guest-starred on The Lucy Show, and Ball would later return the favor with appearances in The Carol Burnett Show.
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In 1962, Burnett won her first Emmy for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series for her work on The Garry Moore Show, where she was a cast regular.
Later that year, Burnett co-starred with Julie Andrews in their own variety special, Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall.
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Over the next several years, Burnett kept working in TV and starred in her first movie, but her biggest break came in 1967: After turning down a CBS sitcom titled Here's Agnes, she launched her iconic variety hour, The Carol Burnett Show.
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Since then, she's appeared in TV and film consistently in both comedic and dramatic roles. Burnett's won a total of seven Primetime Emmys (and 23 nominations), seven Golden Globes (out of 18 nods), one Grammy and one Tony (and counting). All she needs is an Oscar to achieve EGOT status.
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What is Carol Burnett's net worth in 2024?
Carol Burnett's net worth in 2024 is estimated at $45 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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Who paid for Carol Burnett to move to New York?
Burnett hasn't revealed who paid for her to move to New York—she's honoring their agreement!
How much did Carol Burnett make per episode?
It's unknown how much Burnett was paid per episode of any of the TV shows in which she's starred. Considering The Carol Burnett Show alone ran for a whopping 11 seasons and 279 episodes from 1967 to 1978, it's a safe bet she wasn't exactly making Friends cast money—but considering her net worth is quite healthy, she wasn't paid peanuts, either.
What movie was Carol Burnett in recently?
Burnett's most recent film projects include the documentary Betty White: A Celebration in 2022, ensemble drama All Together Now in 2020 and as the voice of Chairol Burnett in Toy Story 4 in 2019.
What is the new Carol Burnett movie on Netflix?
Netflix
Released in 2020, Burnett played Joan in the Netflix drama All Together Now. Joan plays a nursing home resident who bonds with the film's lead, aspiring singer Amber Appleton, played by Auliʻi Cravalho.
What is Carol Burnett's new TV show?
Apple TV+
Burnett currently stars in Palm Royale on Apple TV+. Burnett plays Norma D'ellacourt, a high society woman in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1969. The series follows Kristen Wiig as Maxine Simmons, a woman who tries to scheme her way into Norma's wealthy, high-falutin' circle. Other stars include Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Amber Chardae Robinson, Leslie Bibb, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas and Kaia Gerber, to name a few.
"When they called me about doing it, I didn't even have to read a script," Burnett previously told Parade. "I said, 'I'm in,' because of who I would be working with, and that was it. And then I read the script and that was the icing on the cake."
Prior to Palm Royale, she also had a memorable guest arc on Better Call Saul in the show's final season in 2022.
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Where can I watch Palm Royale TV show?
Apple TV+
Palm Royale streams exclusively on Apple TV+. The first three episodes dropped on March 20, 2024, with a new episode each Wednesday through May 8, 2024.
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Where can I watch Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter?
If you missed Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love when it aired in 2023, fear not! You can still catch it (or re-watch it) with a subscription to Peacock or on NBC.com.
You can also catch a highlight reel on YouTube.
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What channel does The Carol Burnett Show come on?
You can watch half-hour edited re-runs of The Carol Burnett Show on MeTV and full-hour episodes on the Catchy Comedy channel. You can also stream edited 30-minute re-runs on Shout! Factory and Amazon Prime Video's Freevee channel with ads.
What is Carol Burnett's age?
Born April 26, 1933, Burnett will turn 91 in 2024.
When was the last Carol Burnett show filmed?
The final episode of The Carol Burnett Show was filmed and aired in 1978.
Why did The Carol Burnett Show go off the air?
When the original run of The Carol Burnett Show ended in 1978, it was simply because Burnett wanted to do other things and leave the variety show on her own terms. A revival was attempted in 1991, but only lasted four episodes on CBS before its cancellation. According to Entertainment Weekly, there was huge creative differences among the writers and producers, making it difficult to get any sketches to air.
